Chapter 775: Spoils of War

Holden watched his sister go away with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"I don't know if you have noticed, but my sister is not in a good mood. This may have something to do with what Mr. Pastor said just now."

"Mr. Grant said a lot, which one specifically made your sister feel bad?"

Joan couldn't help asking.

Holden stroked his chin and thought for a while.

"I guess, it's probably because Arnold decided to give up pursuing my sister."

"So, your sister still likes Arnold a little bit, right?"

Joan followed his train of thought to reason.

"If you mean the kind of 'liking' that is more than friendship and less than love, I dare say, not at all!"

Holden looked determined.

Joan frowned, puzzled.

"Then I can't figure it out. Your sister doesn't like Arnold. Now that she has retreated in spite of the difficulties, it should be Arnold who is sad. Why is your sister depressed instead?"

"Joan, if you have such a question, it only shows that you don't understand girls' minds."

Hailaer laughed and took over the conversation.

"Even if Audrey doesn't have feelings for Arnold, she has to admit that Arnold is excellent in all aspects. Being pursued by such an excellent boy will greatly satisfy her vanity."

"Now that Arnold gives up pursuing her, it will also deal a blow to her vanity, and it is inevitable that she will be depressed and feel lost."

Seemingly afraid of being misunderstood, Hailaer suddenly put away his smile and stated seriously.

"When I say that, I don't mean to ridicule Audrey at all!"

"This mentality is not unique to Audrey. If I were her, I would have the same sense of loss."

"Even if I'm not some noble lady, Your Royal Highness, I still like the feeling of being pursued by others and surrounded by stars!"

"I dare not say all of them, but most girls have a similar vanity mentality."

"So, you can't blame men for not understanding women's hearts. Even we women sometimes don't understand our subtle and even ridiculous little thoughts. It's really difficult for the sexes to be considerate of each other."

"Whether it's a man or a woman, no one is truly morally perfect. Life is not easy for anyone, and they all have vanity and even hypocrisy."

"Like me, sometimes it's unavoidable to be annoying. Since we are good friends, I won't meet you."

"If I'm doing something wrong, tell me in private, and I'll try my best to correct my mistakes, but don't criticize me face to face and make me lose face, then I will definitely not admit it!"

Hailar smiled a little embarrassedly, and finally turned the topic back to Audrey.

"I'm not qualified to speak on behalf of Audrey, but I guess her thoughts are similar to mine."

At this time, a whistle sounded in the distance.

Mr. Locke is convening all trainees to prepare to return to campus.

Joan and the others hurriedly quickened their pace and followed the flow of people into the transfer station.

Mr. Locke called the roll again, confirmed that all 31 people were present, and activated the teleportation array.

The twelve giant stone circles surrounding the magic circle emit magical brilliance, buzzing and trembling.

The familiar feeling of dizziness hit her mind, and Qiao An felt that her eyes went black for a while.

By the time they regained consciousness, they had already left the ancient abyss and returned to the teleportation site on the second basement level of the University of Midgard's College of Alchemy.

Mr Locke announced the disbandment.

The students cheered in unison, and walked out of the underground transmission station in groups of three and four.

After half a month, I returned to campus again.

The blue sky and white clouds above the head, the green grass under the feet, and the busy bees and butterflies in the roadside flower beds all seem familiar and strange.

Standing on the campus under the golden sunlight, Qiao An suddenly felt like a world away, as if he had been away for many years.

"From the underground world back to the surface world, you may feel a little uncomfortable at first."

As someone who has experienced it, Hailaer shared a little life experience with three teammates who participated in the underground exploration for the first time.

"For example, the sky above our heads looks like a fake stage set, and the hot sunlight can even irritate the skin and eyes that are used to the dark, which is very uncomfortable."

"Fortunately, this is all temporary discomfort, and the sense of reality will return after a day at most."

"It's really a little uncomfortable. The sun makes me dizzy."

Audrey yawned.

"Are you hungry? Why don't you go back and take a nap first, how about having dinner together at night?"

"Don't rush to break up, I still have a very important matter to discuss with you."

There was a hint of excitement in Hailar's smile.

"This time we explored the Underdark region. We hunted rabbits along the way, and got a lot of loot. Besides the fossils and biological specimens that were handed in, there are still a lot of good things left. Why don't we share them now? Everyone has a share. !"

"Okay, there is a secluded shade in front of the tree, let's go over and have a rest, and share the spoils by the way." Holden said excitedly.

Everyone likes to divide money and equipment.

The four of them sat on the ground in the shade of the trees and began to share the spoils.

The first is the internship points gained during this trip.

Audrey opened the backpack, and pulled out a stack of cards that were very similar in size and texture to poker cards, and clapped them in the palm of her hand.

These cards are the vouchers for recording practice points, and each card corresponds to 1 point.

These certificates are actually a kind of banknotes circulating in the school, with a face value equivalent to 100 gold duga, stamped with a "secret seal" to prevent counterfeiting.

Of the 100 cards, Hailar counted 20 and kept them for himself. The remaining cards were divided into three equal parts and distributed equally to Joan and Zion.

In this way, Joan has 20 credits, which is equivalent to 2,000 Gold Durga's on-campus consumption quota, which can be used to rent spell scrolls, or purchase other necessities for life and study.

In order to graduate from the Arcane Institute, at least 100 practice points are required.

Judging by the harvest this time, it is not difficult to participate in about 4 more expedition internships.

The next thing to be distributed is various special materials obtained during the expedition. Some can be sold for money, such as the blood of cave fishing crabs, while others can be used as materials for studying magic and alchemy.

Qiao An is responsible for keeping these special materials.

He opened the backpack, took out one by one, and showed it to everyone, a lot of bits and pieces.

The venom and eggs of a mutant spider.

Sword spider legs with force field weapon effects.

Phase spiders have two silk sacs.

Two rolls of silk from cave fishing crabs.

Six large bottles of blood plasma from cave fishing crabs, totaling no less than 60 pints.

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In Hailar's opinion, among all these things, the most valuable is the cave crab plasma.

Get it on consignment from a Gulf trading house, and the price per pint will not be less than 20 gold duga, and the target customer is of course the dwarf brewer in Nidaville.

As for the other weird materials, neither she nor the Zion siblings are proficient in alchemy, nor are they good at making magic tools, so they are useless, so they are simply left to Joan.

Joan was also polite, and put the materials back into the backpack.

Hailar took the container containing the crab blood from the cave fishing back to the firm, and everyone shared the money from the sale.